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It is that time of year again and it is crazy to think that some educators are already back to school and some are very close. There is always a bit of craziness that takes over as teachers get ready for the start of the school year.

I'm a huge proponent of self assessment and it's also important that I model that. With that, here is my assessment of my second section of teaching EDIM 516 at Wilkes University. While I certainly improved from my first effort in spring, I still have lots to learn.

I once wrote a story that wasn't really a story. It was more like an episodic set of actions that sort-of landed with a general ending. It had action. After all, it was a first-person story of a kid who becomes a superhero and ends up in an island for other superheroes.

Our strong beliefs about what comprises effective professional learning underpin the planning for our up-coming professional learning day, BY the teachers FOR the teachers... We have so much knowledge, expertise and passion within - It's not always necessary to depend on outside presenters to take our learning forward.

connected educator , cofounder of EdCamp Atlanta , a "groupie" of all things , a and a Twitterholic , I take for granted the fact that I speak up and contribute to educational conversations on a regular basis. But many educators do not feel comfortable following suit, and this is a problem .

This is a space for me to share and reflect on my journey as a Kindergarten teacher. I am most passionate about play, inquiry and technology. I believe that relationships matter and that they are the key to success in the classroom. Last year I wrote about changing the focus of calendar time.

Here's a quick video showing how you can remove distracting icons from Apple TV if you have one in your classroom. We hadn't updated the AppleTV firmware to the latest version, so I was unable to show/hide icons from the main menu screen, but I did show how to do it from the [...]

August 18th, 2014 by Dan Meyer This is a series about "developing the question" in math class. Here is a resolution: ask your students for a sketch first. I've been a bit obsessed with "Barbie Bungee," a lesson on linear regression which you'll find all over the Internet.

10 Characteristics Of A Highly Effective Learning Environment by Terry Heick Ed note: This is an updated version of a related post published last year. Wherever we are, we'd all like to think our classrooms are...

National Geographic offers a couple of neat interactive charts that illustrate the environmental impact of individual choices. The Personal Energy Meter is a tool for evaluating your personal carbon footprint. The meter asks for your location then asks a series of questions about your energy consumption.

A new online platform is helping teachers use stories to make content meaningful and engaging for their students. Visual storytelling is a powerful way for teachers looking to reach students as they introduce new topics and concepts.

This slideshow requires JavaScript. The grand finale to Teen Tech Week 2014 was the first step in a partnership (more details later in this post!) between our media center and our friends from the Gwinnett County Public Library.

Recently we sat down with our school's Mathematics Coach, Tilson Crew, to evaluate what apps we should put on the Infant (K1, K2 and grade 1) and Junior (Grade 2-5) iPads. Tilson has an incredible understanding of mathematics and what is best for students of all age levels.

Research Process while also focusing on proper citations, copy right, proper searching, website evaluation, synthesizing of information, and on, and on, and on can be a very daunting and exhausting task for both the teacher and the students! Luckily we have a wonderful online suite of tools to help ease and manage this process, all included within Google Drive!

I'm thinking about the Asus Chromebox as a desktop replacement for student desktops. They already have newer flat screen monitors and keyboards and mice, but older desktops. It's just a matter of swapping out the "box". Since we have over 11,000 Chromebooks being used, this makes sense.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial "outside agitator" idea.

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